Program in the History of Medicine
The Cedars-Sinai History of Medicine Program explores the evolution of medical knowledge and practice from antiquity to the present. Bringing together historians, clinicians, scientists and ethicists, we combine historical methods with contemporary biomedical knowledge to advance our understanding of the relationship between medicine, science and technology, the nature and experience of disease, healthcare ethics, medical education, and the changing roles of institutions, practitioners and patients in the world of medicine. The Cedars-Sinai History of Medicine Program is affiliated with the Cedars-Sinai Biomedical Sciences Graduate School.
Program Content
A monthly speaker series on the Book in the History of Medicine
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The Book in the History of Medicine Seminar Series
Minerva, an open illustrated medical book and surgical instruments at her feet and Wren’s Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, an early home of the University Press, in the background. A title-page vignette from William Cowper, The Anatomy of Humane Bodies (Oxford, 1698). Bethesda, National Library of Medicine.
This online seminar series will focus on the medical book in all its facets. Speakers are invited to consider the significance of an individual work and its place in the history of medicine together with aspects of authorship, production, printing history, and, in specific copies, provenance and materiality. The history of medical history libraries will also be a topic.
Portrait of Italian physician Girolamo Mercuriale (1530-1606 by Lavinia Fontana (1552-1614), oil on canvas, c. 1587-88. Baltimore, The Walters Art Museum, 37.1106.
Faculty & Administration
Primary and affiliated faculty, alongside our Fellows in the History of Medicine and visiting faculty, all bring their passion and expertise to deliver exceptional programming and educational opportunities.
Past seminars, lectures and roundtables for the medical center community hosted by the History of Medicine Program.
Past courses offered by the Cedars-Sinai History of Medicine Program offeredfrom 2021-2025.
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